The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 1985
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
8:53 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 126.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.36° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.96° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.